even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
(raw) ore; unpolished gemstone
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
grinding; polishing; refining (skill, knowledge, etc.); striving to master something
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
meaning; significance; sense
until now; so far; up to the present
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
law; regulation; rule; code; agreement; arrangement
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
technique; art; skill; move
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
impossible; unlikely; improbable
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
to hide; to keep to oneself
prohibition; ban; embargo
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
founder; originator; pioneer
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun